20 Attractions to Explore Near Villa Volta

The People of Laaf is an attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. It is a small village, called “Lavelaer”, inhabited by the so-called “Laafs”. The visitors can walk through the village and enter the houses, among which a bakery, a brewery, a windmill and a nursery and watch the Laafs do their normal daily activities.

Droomvlucht is a dark ride opened in 1993 in the Dutch amusement park Efteling . In the theme ride, hanging gondolas travel a distance of 425 meters past various fairytale or dreamlike scenes with forests, castles, fairies , elves , trolls and other fairytale creatures. Although no consistent story is told at Droomvlucht and the various scenes are only loosely linked, Droomvlucht claims to be the most visited and most popular attraction in the Efteling.

Anton Pieckplein is a square in the Efteling , named after one of the founders of the park: Anton Pieck . It has a nostalgic atmosphere with antique merry -go-rounds and various catering outlets. The square was named after Pieck in 1954, to recognize him for his great influence on the success of the Fairytale Forest . The square, with old-fashioned houses and merry-go-rounds, was also designed by him.

The Fairytale Forest is a 15-acre wooded section of the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands, where a number of well-known fairy tales and fairy tale figures are depicted by animated statues and buildings.The first ten fairy tales were: the Chinese Nightingale, Sleeping Beauty Castle, the Gnome Village, The Six Servants, the Naughty Princess, Kleine Message, the Frog Prince, the Magic Clock, Lady Hollow's Well and Snow White.

The Stoomcarrousel is an attraction of the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands. It is an indoor carousel situated in what is now known as the "Carousel Palace". There also is a bar area within the salon carousel. The area surrounding these carousels was normally used for entertainment, eating and dancing in past times.

Efteling is an amusement park and recreation complex in Kaatsheuvel , a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant . In addition to the amusement park, the entire World of Efteling includes a theater, two hotels, two holiday parks. It is one of the most visited theme parks in Europe and in 2017 it was the most visited theme park in Europe after the French Disneyland Paris and the German Europa-Park. In that year, 5.18 million people visited the park.

Aquanura is the name of a fountain system in the Efteling theme park in the Netherlands. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area and it welcomes a lot of tourists every year.

Baron 1898 is a steel floorless diving roller coaster in the Dutch amusement park Efteling . The attraction is located in Ruigrijk , between the Flying Dutchman , the Gondoletta and the Piraña.

Halve Maen is a Pirate Ship ride at Efteling theme park in the Netherlands.The Pirate Ship is not actually themed as a “Pirate Ship”, but a copy of the VOC - merchant Halve Maen of the Dutch East India Co. VOC, the first limited company. The theming for the surroundings of the ride consists of a harbour in the Anton Pieck style.

Fata Morgana is a dark ride in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. The attraction was designed by Ton van de Ven and Jan Verhoeven and opened in 1986. The ride is populated by 140 animatronics. Fata Morgana is set inside a large building with turquoise and gold domes on the roof. A large tower serves as the entrance to the ride. There is a large square outside the ride with palm trees, fountains and flames.

Joris en de Draak is a wooden racing roller coaster in the Dutch theme park Efteling , built around the legend of Saint George and the Dragon. The attraction is 25 meters high and the two lanes are each 810 meters long, with a combined capacity of 1,700 people per hour. The maximum speed is 75 km/h.

This estate, which also includes the Loonsche Heide and De Mast forest area, borders Tilburg to the northwest and is named after a country house dating from 1864 on the road from De Moer to Loon op Zand. The area is approximately 650 hectares and is owned by Natuurmonumenten. This organization is working on the restoration of nature here, such as the realization of a wet heath, which characterized the area until 1940. It is a good trekking area.

National Park De Loonse en Drunense Duinen is a nature reserve in the Dutch province of North Brabant . It covers over 3500 hectares and has been a national park since 2002 . On the one hand, the park is largely an alternation of dry sand drifts and coniferous forest , but the extensive stream valley zone of the Zandleij is also part of it. The De Brand near Udenhout nature reserve, in particular, is located here , with its alternation of coppice forests, wet meadows and swamp bushes.

De Biesbosch National Park is one of the largest national parks of the Netherlands[2] and one of the last extensive areas of freshwater tidal wetlands in Northwestern Europe. The Biesbosch consists of a large network of rivers and smaller and larger creeks with islands. The vegetation is mostly willow forests, although wet grasslands and fields of reed are common as well. The Biesbosch is an important wetland area for waterfowl and has a rich flora and fauna.

De Oliemeulen Zoo is a small zoo in Tilburg . It is set in and around a 17th-century farmhouse . The zoo takes its name from the oil horse mill in the farm. Animal husbandry is recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. More than 150 animal species are kept in the park. The farm contains dozens of terrariums and semi-open enclosures with reptiles , amphibians , arthropods and a few small mammals .

The Spoorpark is a city ​​park and day recreation area of almost ten hectares that was completed in 2019 in Tilburg . It has facilities for recreation, sports and culture. It was built in a neglected former railway and industrial area and was realized by a citizens' initiative . The name refers to its location on the Breda - Eindhoven railway line and to the shunting yard that was located here, the rails of which are partly included in the park.

Natuurmuseum Brabant is the nature museum about nature and landscape of North Brabant . It is located on Spoorlaan in the North Brabant city of Tilburg. The museum consists of three floors with permanent and temporary exhibitions. At the end of 2011, the adjacent coach house, which previously housed the Scryption , was also converted into an exhibition space.The museum is very popular with families: for many years.

The Oisterwijkse Bossen and Vennen form a nature reserve in the municipality of Oisterwijk of over 750 hectares in the National Landscape Het Groene Woud . More than 400 ha of this is owned by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten. The area was once a vast heathland with many fens, but from 1801 the area was forested. Younger plantings date from about 1840 .

National Monument Kamp Vught is a memorial site with a museum in the place Vught in the Dutch province of North Brabant , about the concentration camp Kamp Vught that was located there during the Second World War. The memorial site was founded in 1990, an exhibition building was added in 2002. The memorial is located on the northeast tip of the former camp site.

Playland Beekse Bergen is an amusement park and playground located close to Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands. It is a part of the Beekse Bergen group, also owning Safaripark Beekse Bergen. The park is being exploited by Libéma Exploitatie. Speelland mainly offers playgrounds, a beach, and water attractions.